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Just brewed a ten gallon batch yesterday, I had built a sparge arm from some copper I had laying about and drilled some 1/6" holes in it. I made the holes about a half inch apart. I had 9 gallons of sparge water ready for the rinse and I tried my best to throttle the flow but my sparge water...

Every time I use a 6.5 gallon bucket to ferment the airlock creates a vacuum so if I have to pull it off it sucks the sanitizer into the fermenter. Has anyone had this problem and if so how can I avoid it?

is there any at all?

i would like to make a chocolate stout in the near future and was looking for advice on when to add the chocolate and what kinds are good?

i bottled my first all grain batch 2 weeks ago now and abv was a percent higher than i expected. I have drank a few bottles over the last 2 weeks and it has yet to carbonate is there anything i can do to get it moving along?

if i am doing 5 gallon batches what size cooler would be the best to convert?

i just a bought a vanilla porter kit from my local homebrew shop. The instructions tell you do go about the normal steps and all then but the before the transfer to secondary is says to steep 2 vanilla beans at 170 for 20 minutes, do i only need to add the water to the secondary or the just the...

i pitched the yeast in my second batch close to 48 hours ago now and i have yet to see any action in the air lock. the only change i had made from my first to second batch is i used iodie cleaner instead of a contact type. my question is can the iodine kill the yeast?

is there any reason to pick one over the other? or will they both produce the same product?

after i have a drink what is the best way to clean the bottles?

how long will a wheat ale last after conditioning?

My first batch are in the bottles now i have to weeks before i can crack one open just wish i would have looked for a home brew forum before i started